It'S TEAM TRACK TUESDAY 10/18 /16 Edition. Lets see your team track photos!!

The Blue flag is up, the blue light on, the derail is in place, the team track is "out of service" while B&B (Bridges and Buildings) erects a new state of the art overhead crane.

Check back next week for a look at their progress...

Thanks for sharing all the pics, everyone!

-Greg

Here's a prototype photo from 1967. These are Cubs fans waiting to enter Wrigley Field, which is located just to the left out of the photo. They are walking past two boxcars that were spotted on the team track just west of the ballpark. The street in the background is Clark Street, with Addison Street just beyond it. The tracks are long since paved over for parking. The photo was posted on the NRHS FB page today.

It's a busy day at the Garyville Motorsports Park. The US Army has brought in a flatcar to display the Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher, NHRA top fuel dragster. The Micro Racer Team has sent cars in by rail,and the milk still needs to be delivered.

JayJay, We had a few Henry's Hamburgers in Detroit in the 1960's. Great bag of fries for ten cents.

AZgary

jay jay posted:

Here's a prototype photo from 1967. These are Cubs fans waiting to enter Wrigley Field, which is located just to the left out of the photo. They are walking past two boxcars that were spotted on the team track just west of the ballpark. The street in the background is Clark Street, with Addison Street just beyond it. The tracks are long since paved over for parking. The photo was posted on the NRHS FB page today.

Great photo!!  Thanks Jay Jay!!

Mark Diff posted:

The Blue flag is up, the blue light on, the derail is in place, the team track is "out of service" while B&B (Bridges and Buildings) erects a new state of the art overhead crane.

Check back next week for a look at their progress...

Very cool Mark!! Where did you get the Stop sign, derail and blue light?

 Can't wait to see the new overhead crane in action!!!

Great pics, fellows.

Peter

trumptrain posted:

Mark Diff posted:

The Blue flag is up, the blue light on, the derail is in place, the team track is "out of service" while B&B (Bridges and Buildings) erects a new state of the art overhead crane.

Check back next week for a look at their progress...

Very cool Mark!! Where did you get the Stop sign, derail and blue light?

 Can't wait to see the new overhead crane in action!!!

For the signs, I Googled images of "blue flag" and "derail", downloaded them, printed them out, and glued them onto some card stock, Then I cut them out and glued the "sign" onto some wire. the "derail" itself is some scraps of styrene glued together. It's not really an accurate representation, but close enough. I made the blue light by gluing styrene into a box then drilled a hole for the lens which is a clear craft bead. I lighted the signal with an Evan's designs blue nano LED inserted into the light through the bottom from underneath the track. The handle is a simple loop of wire. 

Mark Diff posted:

trumptrain posted:

Mark Diff posted:

The Blue flag is up, the blue light on, the derail is in place, the team track is "out of service" while B&B (Bridges and Buildings) erects a new state of the art overhead crane.

Check back next week for a look at their progress...

Very cool Mark!! Where did you get the Stop sign, derail and blue light?

 Can't wait to see the new overhead crane in action!!!

For the signs, I Googled images of "blue flag" and "derail", downloaded them, printed them out, and glued them onto some card stock, Then I cut them out and glued the "sign" onto some wire. the "derail" itself is some scraps of styrene glued together. It's not really an accurate representation, but close enough. I made the blue light by gluing styrene into a box then drilled a hole for the lens which is a clear craft bead. I lighted the signal with an Evan's designs blue nano LED inserted into the light through the bottom from underneath the track. The handle is a simple loop of wire. 

Thanks so much for the tips Mark!!  You are very creative!! 

trumptrain posted:

jay jay posted:

Here's a prototype photo from 1967. These are Cubs fans waiting to enter Wrigley Field, which is located just to the left out of the photo. They are walking past two boxcars that were spotted on the team track just west of the ballpark. The street in the background is Clark Street, with Addison Street just beyond it. The tracks are long since paved over for parking. The photo was posted on the NRHS FB page today.

Great photo!!  Thanks Jay Jay!!

Here is another shot of the Wrigley Field team track, looking north rather than south, and taken much earlier, probably about 1950. You can see how close the track was to the ballpark.